Download PDF by Erik Seedhouse: SpaceX's Dragon: America's Next Generation Spacecraft

By Erik Seedhouse

ISBN-10: 3319215159

ISBN-13: 9783319215150

Dragon V2 is a futuristic automobile that not just offers a method for NASA to move its astronauts to the orbiting outpost but additionally advances SpaceX’s center aim of reusability. an instantaneous descendant of Dragon, Dragon V2 may be retrieved, refurbished and re-launched. it's a spacecraft with the capability to fully revolutionize the economics of an the place gear costing 1000's of hundreds of thousands of greenbacks is commonly discarded after a unmarried use. It used to be offered by means of SpaceX CEO Elon Musk in may possibly 2014 because the spaceship that may hold NASA astronauts to the overseas house Station once 2016.

SpaceX’s Dragon – America’s subsequent iteration Spacecraft describes the extreme feats of engineering and human fulfillment that experience positioned this innovative spacecraft on the leading edge of the release and situated it because the precursor for finally transporting people to Mars. It describes the layout and improvement of Dragon, offers undertaking highlights of the 1st six advertisement Resupply Missions, and explains how Musk hopes to ultimately colonize Mars.

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Dubbed DragonEye, this proximity device was a Laser Imaging Detection and Ranging sensor (LIDAR) that was designed to provide three-dimensional images of range and bearing information from the Dragon to the station. It was tested successfully during the Shuttle Endeavour’s STS-127 flight, where the DragonEye was mounted on the Trajectory Control System carrier assembly on the Shuttle’s docking system. SpaceX targeted 7 December 2010 as the launch date for COTS 1. 1 seconds as a result of high engine-chamber pressure.

Of course, the development and design process was accelerated by the fact that NASA experts and technical support were only an e-mail away. That, combined with the size of the PICA team – just five engineers and a handful of technicians – meant that the whole development process was not only streamlined, but also mutually beneficial because NASA was also learning how some of SpaceX’s work practices might be applied to the agency’s programs. 6) to test the heat shield material at the anticipated re-entry temperatures [6].

7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 29 October 2012: Integrated system requirements review 13 December 2012: Ground systems and ascent preliminary design review 28 March 2013: Pad abort test review 7 May 2013: Human certification plan review 18 July 2013: On-orbit and entry preliminary design review 17 September 2013: In-flight abort test review 29–30 October 2013: Safety review 18 November 2013: Flight review of upgraded Falcon 9 20 December 2013: Parachute drop test Integrated critical design review Pad abort test Dragon primary structure qualification In-flight abort test.

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